The Guyana Elections Commission said yesterday that the Local Authorities seats order which it received on Tuesday from Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall now gives it “the clear authority to move forward in finalizing the delimitation of constituencies.”
And this is in accordance with the number of councillors to be elected within the respective municipalities and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils as mandated by the minister’s order, GECOM stated in a release yesterday.
The order had always been seen by GECOM “as one of the key legal requirements which had to be met in a timely manner to facilitate the holding of Local Government Elections.”
The minister’s order, the release noted, gives GECOM the unambiguous guidance which was necessary to facilitate the delimitation of constituencies as an integral aspect of the preparations for the holding of Local Government Elections.
GECOM had already commenced work within the respective municipalities and NDCs, having previously discussed issues associated with the delimitation of constituencies with Minister Lall on two occasions in anticipation of the order being issued.
